HAF X Airflow Test - Using Dry Ice

This is a visual benchmark of the airflow in the HAF X case form Cooler Master. This is just the better footage I could get. I used my Samsung Focus to capture the video. I will be making a second video later on after making some adjustments to the case by adding some fans.

You will see in this with this particular setup that air flows around the end of the video card, then up into the top half where it is sucked into the CPU cooler. This is what I expected and wanted to see since the video card does not exhaust air out of the case. You will also notice the air is moving very rapidly despite the relatively slow turning fans. Fans are turned up all the way and I had the fans on the GPU at 100% to maximize their effect.

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• HAFX
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• Crucial
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• air
• airflow
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[TheRealLyricsGuy]

How did you make this effect?

Can I do this at home?

And do you see temp drops?

[cbremer83]

@TheRealLyricsGuy Just get some dry ice. Then add water. 

[flawns]

did you notice temp drop?

[cbremer83]

@flawns That was not really the point of this, so I was not looking at temps at all. Just seeing how the air moved through the case. I had done it in the past on other cases. This was the first time I filmed it. Figured others would find it interesting. Cheap and easy way to make sure the fans are working together and not leaving any odd turbulence in the case. 

[flawns]

@cbremer83 Oh yeah, I know what you are doing, and its obvious by the tittle "airflow test" I only asked because i have no clue if that vapor is cool to the touch

[cbremer83]

@flawns It is cold to the touch. Feels kinda like cold mist from a waterfall. Not sure how cold it is, but you can feel the temp drop when you touch it.

[cbremer83]

@7SevenProductions0 I'm sure my new one is crying more. Pushing 1.6v into a 2600K to hit 5.1ghz.

[7SevenProductions0]

Motherboard is saying FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUU

[FlemNmzzzz]

@7SevenProductions0 LOL @ "FUUUUUUUUUUUUU"

[bloodypinksock]

@H04RD3R it can be a liquid under the right conditions. but thats besides the point xD